Business models

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December 8, 2022Mutual benefit: how partnerships can boost association revenuesHow nurturing strategic partnerships can help associations make more moneyRead More

Carola van der Hoeff Deep Dive template

February 24, 2022Revenue diversification is the challenge - Carola van der HoeffJames Lancaster talks to newly elected president of AC Forum, Carola van der Hoeff

'Discounts and downloads?'

January 1, 2022'Discounts and downloads?'Why community is the value your members seek

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June 14, 2021Dragons den New investment vehicle targets associationsAssociation leaders might balk at the idea of ‘pitching’ for private investment, but a new vehicle designed to encourage innovation and growth could see them doing just that.

Deep Dive S1: I fear a turn back to complacency Jeff De Cagna

April 22, 2021Deep Dive S1: I fear a turn back to complacency Jeff De CagnaIn this episode of Deep Dive, we talk to new AMI columnist Jeff De Cagna about how contrarian thinking can help reinvigorate associations with added purpose, why associations have a tendency to think conservatively (small 'c'), why membership is one of the foundational orthodoxies that needs to be...

Resilience

February 22, 2021ResilienceHow the coronavirus pandemic changed associations for good

Virtual can deliver better results for sponsors…

February 11, 2021Virtual can deliver better results for sponsors…How to add value for exhibitors when you make the move online

Deep Dive S1: Online cant mean free Damian Hutt

January 15, 2021Deep Dive S1: Online cant mean free Damian HuttIn this fascinating edition of Deep Dive, Ami editor James Lancaster talks to Damian Hutt, executive director of the Association of Association Executives, organisers of the Associations World Congress, about why associations need to work out a sustainable pricing policy for online events (04:35), why...

Closer to home: how Covid-19 is reshaping the future of meetings

August 26, 2020Closer to home: how Covid-19 is reshaping the future of meetingsInternational association meetings – particularly those that attracted thousands of delegates – were once the prized target of convention bureaux. They were the proverbially goose that laid the golden egg.

Pandemic: why its not over until its over for international meetings

August 11, 2020Pandemic: why its not over until its over for international meetingsFor international association meetings to begin to look anything like they did before Covid-19, one of two things must first happen: either enough host countries push their daily case rate down to near zero to make overseas delegations a possibility, or science comes to the rescue with a vaccine or...

ICCA to phase out head office positions as it seeks efficiences

August 4, 2020ICCA to phase out head office positions as it seeks efficiencesThe International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) will begin 'phasing out' a number of positions at its head office in Amsterdam.Show More